NYT subtly frowns on Deadspin’s ESPN horndog dossier shenanigans

A new media campaign retaliating against ESPN for scandal related subterfuge got some old media attention today. Deadspin, a Gawker media blog, gets oodles of sports and sportscaster news related tips and rumors in their inbox. Back at ... continue

New York Times Goes Hyper-Local With Weekend Bay Area Edition

The New York Times has added a San Francisco Bay Area metro report to its Northern California editions on Fridays and Sundays. The new addition to the paper went into effect Friday, Oct. 16 and includes content written ... continue

Rogue ad battle at New York Times

According to Steven Musil at cnet Security The New York Times is in the midst of a battle to get rid of a what they are terming “an unauthorized advertisement”. In typical fashion ... continue

Kidnapped New York Times Reporter Freed In Pre-Dawn Raid In Afghanistan

NATO forces rescued a New York Times reporter on Wednesday who had been kidnapped last week in Afghanistan. Reporter Stephen Farrell and Afghan journalist Sultan Munad had been kidnapped in northern Kunduz Province by armed gunmen on Saturday ... continue

Wikipedia under fire for publishing Rorschach “cheat sheet”

Psychologists are getting their panties all knotted up because Wikipedia has ostensibly ruined their Rorschach Ink Blot party. The controversy came to light yesterday with a New York Times article regarding the well-known and oft-mocked "ink blot" ... continue

The inevitable? New York Times floats $5 per month access

Newspapers as they move away from the print world and try to embrace the online distribution of news are being faced with how they are going to make money. Advertising might work for blogs ... continue

Sheepish NY Times admits manipulation in “Ruins of the Second Gilded Age”

It was jarring, stunning, moving and very sad. And it was also shopped. The New York Times Magazine piece "The Ruins of the Second Gilded Age" was an essay composed of atmospheric shots, each depicting the stagnation of ... continue

Wikipedia damages shaky credibility with Rohde coverup

Earlier this month, we learned about the kidnapping and subsequent escape of Times reporter David Rohde in Afghanistan. But did you know Wikipedia was in on it, too? Back in November of 2008, Rohde was taken near Kabul ... continue

NYT Grooms Readers for Impending Paywall, with Unmarked Advertorials

Clark Hoyt, the public editor over at the New York Times web site published an article on Saturday, June 20 that I'm having a few problems with. Well, I guess using the word 'article' would be a ... continue

NYTimes Reporter David Rohde escapes Taliban

After seven months in captivity, the New York Times is reporting that investigative journalist David Rohde has escaped captivity in the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Rohde, along with local reporter Tahir Ludin and driver Asadullah Mangal, were kidnapped ... continue

Cool idea, it just sucks that it is based on murder

Google Map mash-ups, there’s all kinds of them. Some are mundane while others can be really interesting. In the latter would fall this mashup from The New York Times where they mash together a ... continue

The Boston Globe sets the battle lines

Management versus employees – it’s old story but in the case of the Boston Globe it could been the possible death of yet another newspaper. The Globe, which is owned by The New York ... continue